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1923 

Memorial Day Services 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 

DEPARTMENT of the POTOMAC 
GRAND ARMY of the REPUBLIC 



ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER 


“From these honored dead we take the increased devotion to that cause for 
which they gave the last full measure of devotion." — Lincoln. 


WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS 
DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS 
LADIES OF THE G. A. R. 
LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN 
SONS OF VETERANS AND THEIR 
AUXILIARIES 
ARMY AND NAVY UNION 
UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS 
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 
AMERICAN LEGION 
AUXILIARIES TO 

A. N. U., U. S. W. V., V. F. W., AND A. L. 


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Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery 
at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. 

H OUR-SCORE and seven years 
ago our fathers brought forth 
on this continent a new nation, 
conceived in liberty, and dedicated 
to the proposition that all men are 
created equal. Now we are en¬ 
gaged in a great civil war, test¬ 
ing whether that nation, or any nation 
so conceived and so dedicated, can 
long endure. We are met on a great 
battlefield of that war. We have 
come to dedicate a portion of that field 
as a final resting place for those who 
here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether 
fitting and proper that we should do this; but, in a larger sense, 
we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow— 
this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, 
have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. 
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, 
but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, 
rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they 
who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for 
us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that 
from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause 
for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we 
here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that 
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and 
that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall 
not perish from the earth. 



By Transfer 


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PARADE 


The organizations participating in the parade will assemble at 9 :30 o’clock A. M., 
May 30, at Grand Army Hall. The Grand Army of the Republic will form on the south 
side of Pennsylvania Avenue, right resting on Fifteenth Street, facing south. The 
United Spanish War Veterans will form on the east side of Fifteenth Street, right 
resting on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Army and Navy Union, Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, and the American Region will form on the left of the Spanish War Veterans. 

The line of march will be: Pennsylvania Avenue, south of Treasury, north on 
west side of Treasury to H Street, thence east to Thirteenth Street, thence South to 
B Street, where spcial trains of electric cars of the Washington-Virginia Railway Com¬ 
pany will be in waiting to convey those participating in the parade to Arlington. No 
interference will be made with the running of the street cars. 

THE LINE WILL BE FORMED AS FOLLOWS 

Mounted Police Escort 
Marine Band 

Captain John Middleton, Chief Marshal 
A. H. Frear and H. B. Snyder, Aides 
Old Guard, Capt. J. M. Pipes, Commanding 
Department Commander, John W. Reid 
Department Officers and Official Staff ; 

Past Department Commanders , 

John A. Rawlins Post, No. 1, W. F. Small, Commander 
Kit Carson Post, No. 2, John McElroy, Commander 
Lincoln Post, No. 3. James H. Perkins, Commander 
Phil Sheridan Post, No. 6, Samuel G. Mawson, Commander 
Burnside Post, No. 8, Daniel Knelly, Commander 
Lafayette Post, No. 20, R. H. Cooke, Commander 
Charles Sumner Post, No. 9, and George H. Thomas Post, No. 15, are assigned for 
Memorial Service at Cemeteries other than Arlington, and will not appear 

in the Parade 

THE BOY SCOUT BAND 

UNITED SPANISH AVAR VETERANS 

Harry F. Patterson, Department Commander 
Department Officers and Official Staff 
Camps Numbered 1 , 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10 

ARMY AND NAVY UNION 

John F. Mcllree, Commander 

Garrisons Numbered 104 and 9 

^ VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 

Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, Department Commander 
Posts Numbered 127, 284, 427, 824, 833 and 983 

THE AMERICAN LEGION 

John Lewis Smith, Department Commander 
Posts Numbered 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 

22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 


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ORDER 


OF EXERCISES 

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Arlington National Cemetery 


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^ . Officer of the Day, Marshal and Aides 

1 i Mu$ic by the Boy Scout Band 


T HE procession, comprising members of the Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish 
War and World War Veterans, Softs of Veterans, Woman’s Relief Corps, Legion 
of Loyal Women, Ladies of the G. A. R., Daughters of Veterans, Auxiliaries to 
Sons of Veterans, Auxiliaries to Spanish War Veterans, invited guests and the public, 
will form in front of the Arlington Mansion at 11 A. M., headed by the band. 

The procession will march to the “Tomb of the Unknown,” where w T ill be the placing 
of flowers, and an impressive ceremony by the special committee, hereinafter named, 
and a dirge by the band, after which the procession will proceed to the old Amphitheater 
where the ladies will complete their outlined work. _ 



Tomb of the Unknown 


Calmly they sleep beneath the living verdant sod, 

Unknown by us, but known by the Eternal God. 

At roll-call, after resurrection bugles blow, 

They will be there and meet loved ones of long ago. 

COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN 

Jennie L. Hamilton, Department President, W. R. C., Chairman; Tillie D. Entrikin, 
Julia West Hamilton, Isabel Worrel Ball, Mary M. North, Myrtle M. Loebsack, Anna 
S. Taylor, President, W. R. C., No. 1; Rose E. Pennell, President, W. R. C., No. 4; 
Lizzie Bassett, President, W. R. C., No. 6; Georgeanna D. Van Fleet, President, W. R. 
C., No. 10; Jennie Hoagland, President, W. R. C., No. 11; Elizabeth D. Shaw, Presi¬ 
dent W. R. C., No. 12; E. Helen Temple, President, Daughters of Veterans, Tent No. 1; 
Hannah J. Devoe, President, Ladies of the G. A. R. Circle, No. 1; Susie Kunsman, 
President, Ladies of the G. A. R. Circle, No. 2; A. Goodacre, President, Ladies of the 
G. A. R. Circle, No. 3; Mary S. Parker, President, Ladies of G. A. R. Circle, No. 4; 
Hattie M. Roach, President, Legion of Loyal Women; Caroline Gury, Relief Commit¬ 
tee, Dept, of the Potomac, G. A. R.; Louise Watson, President, Harding Sons of Vet¬ 
erans Auxiliary; Rosalie McK. Shelton, President, Cushing Sons of Veterans Auxil¬ 
iary; Mary E. Porter, Lady Commander, Auxiliary No. 16, Army and Navy Union; 
Josephine Alston, President, Auxiliary No. 6, Spanish War Veterans; Hannah Weber, 
Chief Ruler, Lineal Society, Spanish War Veterans; Francis VanAllen, Department 
President Auxiliaries, S. W. Veterans; Nora Albers, President, Naval Auxiliary, No. 3, 
S. W. Veterans; Catherine Dentler, President, Auxiliary No. 5, S. W. Veterans; Nellie 


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M. Gerken, President, Auxiliary No. 9, S. W. Veterans; Sadie W. Coulter, Supreme 
Chief Ruler, National Lineal Society, S. W. Veterans ; Bettie H. Bolinger, Regent, 
Loyal Ladies of Royal Arcanium; Sophia Lewis, President, Auxiliary No. 7, S. W. 
Veterans; Lois M. Beach, Third Vice Department Commander, American Legion; 
Violet Van Wagner, Commander Post No. 3, American Legion; Anne K. Harkins, 
Commander, Post No. 6, Atnerjcan Legion. 


One of the resolutions adopted at the 56th National Encampment, G. A. R., at Des 
Moines, Iowa, is that the Pledge of Allegiance be amended to read as follows: “I 
pledge allegiance to the American Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one 
Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.” 


ARLINGTON 

Services at the Amphitheater 

PROGRAM 


1. Assembly (12:30 o’clock). Bugler of the Marine Band 

2. Overture, “War Songs of the Boys in Blue”. ...Marine Band 

3. Calling to Order. John W. Reid, Department Commander G. A. R. 

Presentation of the Colors, Officer of the Day John Middleton 

Color Bearer Hazard WhEElEr, and Color Guard 
“To the Colors” —Marine Band 
Salute to the Flag and Pledge of Allegiance 

4. “The Star Spangled Banner”..... .Gertrude Lyons and Marine Band 

Audience will join in singing the chorus (See page 17) 

5. Invocation... ...Rev. James ShEra Montgomery, D. D. 

6. Reading of. Gen. Logan’s Order establishing Memorial Day, 

Osborn H. Oldroyd, Assistant Adjutant General 

7. “Out of the Night a Bugle Calls”... .Columbian Quartette and Gertrude Lyons 

8. Ritual Address... Watson B. Miller 

9. “Our Country’s Flag” (By Mary S. Parker)_ Esther Melick and Marine Band 

10. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,.. Francis Willard Clements, 

11. “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground,” 

Everett R. Naetzger and members of the G. A. R. 

12. Oration. Hon. Warren G. Harding, President of the United States 

13. “Brave Hearts, Sleep On”... Columbian Quartette 

14. Oration. ...James W. WillETT, Commander-in-Chief, G. A. R. 

15. “Christ in Flanders” .RElla Winn Erisman 

16. Col. Ingersoll’s Memorial Day Vision. Lemuel Warner, of G. A. R. 

17. “The Home of the Soul”. Everett R. Naetzger 

18. “America”. Marine Band and Audience 

19. Benediction.Department Chaplain, Rev. R. E. McBride 


J. Taylor Branson, 2d Leader, Director Marine Band 
Sons of Veterans and others will act as ushers under the direction of Division Senior 
Vice Commander James W. Lyons 

Aides—Camp Commanders Frank A. DeGroot, John W. Reynolds and Corbin 
Birch, and Past Division Commanders J. Clinton Hiatt and O. A. C. OehmlEr 


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NATIONAL CEMETERY U. S. SOLDIERS’ HOME 

Under direction of Briscoe Goodhart, Senior Vice Department Commander G. A. 
R., assisted by Dennis F. Cooney, Commander John Jacob Astor Camp, No. 6, Umtea 
Spanish War Veterans; John F. Mcllree, Commander President’s Own Garrison, No. 
104, Army and Navy Union; Charles B. Hanford and others of George Washington 
Post, No. 1, American Legion; Henry C. Spengler, Past No. 12, Veterans Foreign 
Wars, George L. Tait, Commander; Woman’s Relief Corps, Sons and Daughters ot 
Veterans, and allied organizations. . . 

The parade will form at the Scott Building at 9:30 A. M., and march to the 
Rostrum in the Cemetery under the escort of the Soldiers’ Home Band, John S. M. 
Zimmermann, Director. 

Officer of the Day .Frank E. WiElock 

Marshal of the Parade ..Robert Clark 

Color Bearer .KazimiER Zuykis 


PROGRAM 

1. Assembly. Bugler of the Soldiers’ Home Band 

2. Presentation of the Colors, by Officer of the Day and Color Bearer; Salute to the 
Flag and Pledge of Allegiance. 

3. Music, “The Star Spangled Banner”. Mrs. Grace M. Richards 

Professor Zimmermann, accompanist; audience will join in last lines of each verse. 

4. Invocation. Rev. H. A. GriEEiTh, Chaplain, Soldiers’ Home 

5. Grand Army Ritual Address, 

Commander Dennis F. Cooney, Camp No. 6, U‘. S. W. V. 

6. The Prayer from “Lohengrin” (Wagner). .Soldiers’ Home Band 

7. Reading Gen. Logan’s Order Establishing Memorial Day. 

By his grandson, John A. Logan, III 

8. “Crossing the Bar,” Anthem, 

By Petworth Baptist Church Choir, Mrs. H. M. Test, Director 

9. Address.By Chaplain George F. RixEy, U. S. Navy, Fort Washington, Md. 

10. Reverie, “Slumber and Rest Thee”.. Zimmermann 

(Requested) 

11. President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. John F. McIlrEE. 

12. “Battle Hymn of the Republic”. Mrs. Anna Stricter 


13. Address.By Capt. John Murphy, Chief of Staff, Dept, of D. C., U. S. W. V. 

14 .“Recessional”. James L. Jones, Petworth Baptist Church 


15. Selection from Col. Ingersoll’s Memoirs... Barry BulklEy 

16. The Angelus from “Maritana” (Wallace). Soldiers’ Home Band 

17. Procession to Gen. Logan’s Tomb 

“Onward Christian Soldier,” Band and Audience 
“America,” first and last verses. 


18. Benediction...Soldiers’ Home Chaplain 

19. Taps.Special Band Arrangement by Comrade Zimmermann 

COMMITTEES 

Arrangement: Chairman James S. Ruby, Superintendent of National Cemetery, 


assisted by Alfred E. Simond, Captain J. S. M. Zimmermann, John F. Mcllree, Joseph 
Julian Stein and Lewis S. Mohler. 

Reception: Major Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, Governor; Major Parker W. West, 
Deputy Governor; Col. R. H. C. Kelton, Secretary and Treasurer; Col. W. C. Babcock, 
Quartermaster, and Col. H. P. Birmingham, Chief Surgeon, U. S. Soldiers’ Home. 

Flozvers: Adolph J. Schipperfe, Past Commanders Alfred E. Simond, Frank C. 
Wielock and James E. Blaisdell, Camp No. 6, U. S. W. V.; S. V. Comdr. Margaret E. 
Naylor, and Paymaster Thomas H. Harris, Garrison No. 104, Army and Navy Union; 
J. W. Brashears and Joseph Julian Stein, Post No. 1, American Legion. 


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BATTLE GROUND NATIONAL CEMETERY 

Services under the direction of Dr. C. V. Petteys, Chairman; William V. Cox, Vice- 
Chairman, and John Clagett Proctor, Secretary, assisted by Chauncey O. Howard, 
Urell Camp. No. 9, U. S. W. V., Frederick A. Dellar, Commander; Takoma Post, 
F. W., John E. Donher, Commander, and Lincoln Post, No. 17,. American Legion, 
Dr. J. A. Ballard, Commander. 


PROGRAM 

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1. Assembly (3 :15 P. M.), May 30.....By the Bugler 

2. Raising the Flag and Salute to the Colors 

3. “The Star-Spangled Banner”.The Assembly, led by Mr. L. F. Randolph 

(Accompanied by the Band) 


4. Reading the Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic. John M. Kline 

5. Selection .By the Band 

6. Introducing the Chairman of the Committee-in-Charge, Dr. C. V. Petteys, 

Mr. Wiliam V. Cox 

7. Invocation . Rev. George F. Dudley 

8. Selection . Neighborhood Quartet 

9. Recitation, “The Star-Spangled Banner”. Mr. John M. Kline, Jr. 

10. Soprano Solo. Mrs. E. Clyde Shade 

11. Original Poem. Mr. John Clagett Proctor 

12. Selection.. By the Band 

13. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Mr. Theodore Hardy 

14. Solo, “Just Before the Battle, Mother”. Mr. Randolph 

15. Oration . Hon. Washington Gardner 

United States Commissioner of Pensions 


16. Selection .Neighborhood Quartet 

17. Decorating the Graves by the Children of the Public Schools : 

Directed by Mrs. Angus Lamond, Tr., assisted by the Misses Mary Alexander, Ethel 
Jean Lamond, Evelyn Spencer, Ruth Graham, Dorothy Frazer, Isabelle Kern, Virginia 
Hitchcock, Doris Stutz, Margarette Baxter, Dolories De Vers, Caroline Reed, and 
Helen Macewen. 


18. “America”.The Assembly, led by Mr. Randolph, accompanied by the Band 

19. Benediction (at the flagstaff). Rev. Benedict J. HannEmann 

20. “Taps” .By the Bugler 

21. Firing of Salute. 


The children participating in the exercises are from the Public Schools of the Third Division; 

R. L. Haycock, Supervision Principal 

Personnel of the Neighborood Quartet: Soprano, Mrs. E. Clyde Shade; Alto, Mrs. W. W. 
Wallace; Tenor, Mr. L. F. Randolph; Bass, Dr. A. Owen Penny; 

Organist, Mr. Harry Wheaton Howard 

The committee is indebted to Col. James D. Glennin, Capt. H. N. Dean, Capt. J. Van Ness 
Ingram and Major R. T. Morris, of Walter Reed Hospital, for courtesies shown 


GUESTS OF HONOR 


Commissioners of the District of Columbia 


Hon. Cuno H. Rudolph 

Mr. James 

Maj.-Gkn. Lansing H. Beach 
Maj.-GEn. Tasker PI. Bliss 


L. Wilmetli, Mayor of Takoma 
Maj.-Gen. Peter C. Harris 
Brig.-Gen. George Richards 
Citizens’ Associations 


Capt. James F. Oyster: 
Park, Md. 

Maj.-Gen. W. H. Hart 
Lieut.-Col. C. O. Sherrill 


Mr E B Henderson, Piney Branch Park; Dr. D. N. Shoemaker, Takoma Parx; Mr. J. L. Carr, 
Petwortlv Mr. George H. Russell, Park View; Mr. Charles W. Ray Brightwood; 

Mr.' S. R. Dickson, Sixteenth St. Heights; Mr. C. A. Langley, Woodburn; 
and Mr. Clyde B. Asher, Sixteenth St. Highlands 


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CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY 

Under the direction of Hosea B. Moulton, Junior Vice Department Commander, 
G. A. R., assisted by Lawton Camp, No. 4, U. S. W. V., William H. Barstow, Comd r. 
East Washington Post, No. 983, V. F. W., J. M. Harrigan, Comd’r.; Walcott Post, 
No. 10, Robert P. McCandlish, Comd’r.; Woman’s Relief Corps, No. 10, Georgeanna D. 
Van Fleet, President. Dan S. Grosvenor, Officer of the Day. 

General Committee: Hosea B. Moulton, Chairman; William H. Barstow, George¬ 
anna D. Van Fleet, P. J. Cooksey, Burnside Post, G. A. R.; L. B. Taylor, Superintendent 
of Cemetery; W. F. Davis, U. S. W. V.; Sons and Daughters of Veterans, Veterans 
of Foreign Wars, and American Legion. 

Order of Exercises 

1. Reveille and Assembly (10 A. M.).Marine Trumpeter 

2. Presentation of Flag by Marines; Salute, and Pledge of Allegiance 


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3. Invocation... Rev. R. E. McBride, Department Chaplain 

4. Remarks... ...HosEa B. Moulton, LL. D., Presiding 


5. “Star Spangled Banner”.U. S. Navy Band 

6. Reading Gen. Logan’s Order No. 11. Major H. L. Deam 

7. Songs by Old Folks..U. S. Navy Band 

8. Reading of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.. Major S. H. Jacobson 

9. Solo, “Nearer, My God, to Thee”__ Mrs. E. M. Sloss, Band accompanying 


10. Oration. Rev. H. D. Mitchell, Pastor Metropolitan M. E. Church 

11. “America”. Band and Audience 

12. Taps. Marine Trumpeter 

13. Benediction. Rev. R. E. McBride, Department Chaplain 


Committee on Strewing Flowers: Rose E. Pennell, President Burnside, No. 4, 
W. R. C.; Rosalie McK. Shelton, President Cushing Auxiliary, No. 4, and Daughters 
of American Revolution. 

Cemetery Committee: L. B. Taylor, Chairman; P. J. Cooksey, William H. 
Barstow, Major S. H. Jacobson, Past Comd’r V. F. W.; Col. William P. Davis, 
U. S. W. V. 

Flower Committee: Georgianna D. Van Fleet, Chairman; Mary E. Mays, Mary E. 
Divver, W. R. C., and Sons and Daughters of Veterans. 

Stand Committee: Hosea B. Moulton, L. B. Taylor and P. J. Cooksey. 

Placing Flags on Graves: P. J. Cooksey, Chairman; Spanish War Veterans; Sons 
and Daughters of Veterans, Boy Scouts, school students and veterans of all wars. 

Platform Decorations: W. H. Barstow, Chairman; Dr. E. C. Barstow, Daniel S. 
Grosvenor, William F. Davis, William Ryon. 














HOLY ROOD CEMETERY 


Under the Auspices of William B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., 
assisted by Cushing Auxiliary, No. 4, and George E. Kileen Post, No. 25 

American Legion 

Wednesday, May 30, at 9:30 A. M. 

Past Commander Gilbert P. Brown, Presiding 

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PROGRAM 


Assembly . Bugler 

Invocation. Senior Vice-Commander John L. Bateman, of Cushing Camp 

Reading Memorial Day Orders.,. Wendell E. Cable, Guide of Cushing Camp 

Song, “America” . Assembly 

Song, “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground,” 

Quartette of Cushing Camp and Auxiliary 


Recitation, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,” 

Mrs. Rosalie McK. Shelton, President of Cushing Auxiliary 


Patriotic Sons.: . Quartette 

Address. Past Commander Gilbert P. Brown, Presiding Officer 

Salute . Firing Squad 

Taps . Bugler 


Benediction. Senior Vice-Commander John L. Bateman, of Cushing Camp 

OAK HILL CEMETERY 

Under the Auspices of William B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., 
Assisted by Cushing Auxiliary, No. 4. 

Wednesday, May 30, at 11 A. M. 

Past Commander AdElbErt A. Taylor, Presiding 


PROGRAM 

Assembly . Bugler 

Invocation. Rev. Edward S. Dunlap, Chaplain Cushing Camp 

Song, “America”..... Assembly 


Reading Memorial Day Orders. Wendell E. CabEl, Guide of Cushing Camp 

Recitation, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address” 

W. B. Wells, Member of Council Cushing Camp 
Address. Past Commander-in-Chief Clifford Ireland, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A. 


Patriotic Song. Past Commander E. Albert Lang, of Cushing Camp 

Taps ... Bugler 

Benediction. ....Rev. Edward §. Dunlap, Chaplain of Cushing Camp 


SUBCOMMITTEES—HOLY ROOD AND OAK HILL CEMETERIES 

Commander Frank A. DeGroot, Chairman of General Committee 
Program —Past Division Commander J. Clinton Hiatt. 

Finance —Past Commander Adelbert A. Taylor. - 

Reception —Past Commander George Francis Williams. 

Transportation— Comrade F. W. Archibald. ! 

Music —Past Commander E. Albert Lang. 1 f 

Deceased Brothers' Graves — Capt. C. O. Howard. i 

Isolated Graves —Past Commander Arthur B. Barringer. 

Military, Flags and Stands —Past Commander Wilfred E. Gar lick. 

Memorial Day Services —Rev. Edward S. Dunlap, Chaplain. 

Flowers— Mrs. Rosalie McK. Shelton, President of Cushing Auxiliary, assisted by 
members of the Auxiliary. 


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GLENWOOD, PROSPECT HILL AND ST. MARY’S CEMETERIES 


Under the direction of Thomas B. Crisp, Commander of George H., Thomas Post, 
No. 15, G. A. R., Chairman, with Woman’s Relief Corps, No. 11, assisted by Past De¬ 
partment Commander Col. B. P. Entrikin; Harden Camp, No. 2, United Spanish War 
Veterans, Clarence P. Brower, Commander; Joseph B. Much, National Capitol Post, 
No. 127, V. F. W.; George Washington Post, No. 1, American Region, Major T. V. 
Walker, Commander, and teachers and pupils of Matthew G. Emery Public School. 


PROGRAM 


The above-named organizations will assemble at 9 A. M., Wednesday, May 30, 1923, 
at the chapel in Glenwood Cemetery and proceed at once to decorate the graves in the 
various cemeteries, after which, returning to the chapel, the following program will be 
rendered: 


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3. 

4. 

5. 

6 . 

7. 

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9. 


10 . 


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13. 


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15. 


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17. 


18. 


Assembly.. 

Calling to Order. 

Selection. 

Invocation .. 

Memorial Day Orders. 

“America”. 

“Lincoln’s Gettysburg Oration”. 

“Tenting on the Old Camp Ground” 

“The Veterans”. 

’’The* Blue and the Gray”. 

“Stand by the Flag”. 

“The Little Green Tent”... 

Selection. 

“Old Glory”. 

“Your Flag and My Flag”. 

“America the Beautiful”. 

Salute to the Flag and Pledge.. 

“Taps” . 


. Buglers 

.Commander; T. B. Crisp 

....Emery School Orchestra 

. Chaplain 

.Adjt. B. P. Entrikin 

Emery School and Audience 

.F. C. Huhn 

....Emery School 

.Master Robert Hines 

.Master Charles Herbert 

: 

.Master Richard Reinohl 

....Miss Jane Page Menafee 

.Emery School Orchestra 

.... Miss Margaret Cummins 

.Miss Charlotte Topoloff 

. Emery School 

... Past Commander Entrikin 
. Bugler 


The Floral and Decorating Committees will be in charge of Mrs. Jeiinie Hoagland, 
President George H. Thomas W. R. C., assisted by members of the W. R. C. and 
teachers and pupils of Emery School, Miss Davis, Principal. 


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MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY 


Sunday, May 27, 1923, 3 P. M. 

Under the Auspices of Lincoln Camp, No. 2, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., John W. 
Reynolds, Commander, and Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, American Legion, 

Dr. Walter F. Sullivan, Commander, assisted by Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,._ 

No. 1, Daughters of Veterans, E. Helen Temple, President, and Admiral 
Peary Ship, No. 527, V. F. W., Kenneth L. Coontz, Captain. 

PROGRAM 

1. Assembly (3 P. M.). Bugler, Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, A. L. 

2 . “Onward Christian .Soldiers”. .......Washington Boys' Independent Band 

•3. Calling Assembly to Order.. John W. Reynolds, Commander Lincoln Camp 

4. “America”.Miss Edna ShEEhy, Band and Assembly 

•5. Invocation .Rev. Thomas McKenna, Chaplain U. S. Army 

6. “Cover Them Over with Beautiful Flowers”. Mr. John B. Shanahan 

7. Memorial Day Orders. Ambrose L. GrindlEy, Past Commander 

8. “Abide With Me” ..Solo by Miss Edna ShEEhy 

9. “Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight,” and “Holy, Holy, Holy” .Band 

10. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Frank B. Smith 

11. “In Flanders Fields”. .Solo by Miss Edna Sheehy 

12. Address, 

Hon. Clifford Ireland, Past Ccmmander-in-Chief, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A. 

13. The American Hymn. Band 

14. Address, 

William F. Franklin, Past Commander Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, A. L. 

15. G. A. R. Medley .. . ...Band 

16. “Rock of Ages”. ....Band 

17. “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” .Band 

18. Benediction. Rev. Francis J. Hurney, Chaplain Costello Post 

19. Salute. Detail, St. John’s College, R. O. T. C. 

20. Taps. Bugler, Vincent B. Costello Post 


GENERAL COMMITTEE 

George Alpha Howe, Chairman; John W. Reynolds, James W. Lyons, Charles M. 
Overacker, William F. Franklin and Miss Helen Temple. 

Chairmen of Subcommittees 

Speaker —F. T. F. Johnson, Past Commander-in-Chief, S. V., U. S. A. 

Program —E. F. Warner. 

Flowers —O. A. C. Oehmler. 

Decoration of Graves —Mrs. Bella J. Howe, Daughters of Veterans. 

Soloists —Miss Edna Sheehy and Mr. John B. Shanahan. 

Accompanist —Mr. Peter J. Defies. 

Washington r Boys’ Independent Band —James L. Kidwell, Director. 

ISOLATED GRAVES 

P. O. Lawrence, Chairman, assisted by Alfred E. Simond, John E. Brooks and Will¬ 
iam F. Franklin, of Post No. 15, American Legion. Bugle Call, 10 A. M., Rock Creek 
Cemetery. ; 

HEBREW CEMETERIES AT CONGRESS HEIGHTS 

Services will begin at 2 P. M., Monday, May 28, in Adas Israel, Washington 
Hebrew, Talmud Torah, Ohave Shohom, and Hebrew Burial Cemeteries, under the 
direction of a committee consisting of William F. Franklin, Post 15, American Legion, 
Chairman; other members of A. L., John W. Reynolds, Lincoln Camp, Sons of Vet¬ 
erans, and E. Helen Temple Tent, No. 1 , Daughters of Veterans. f 

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HARMONY CEMETERY 

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Exercises at ,11:45 A. M., May 30, under the direction of John P. Quander, Com¬ 
mander of Charles Sumner Post, No. 9, assisted by Alexander Oglesby and other mem¬ 
bers of the Post; Woman’s Relief Corps, Sumner, No. 3, Julia West Hamilton, Presi¬ 
dent ; Post No. 5, American 1 Legion, Earl L. Persons, Commander, and Pettit Camp,. 
No. 3, U. S. W. V., Adolph Graef, Commander. 


PROGRAM 


1. Calling Assembly to Order. 

2. Singing, “America”. 

3. Invocation . 

4. Music. To be selected 

5. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 

6. Singing, “Star Spangled Banner” 

,7. Address... 

8. Music. To be selected 

9. Benediction .. 


.Commander John P. Quander-. 

.By the Audience - 

.Rev. H. J. Callis- 

Deputy Scout Com’r S. C. Z. Westereield* 

. By the Audience 

...Orator of the Day, Rev. C. L. RussElu 

.Rev. C. L. Russell. 


Music: Under the direction of Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham. 

Color Bearers: Mrs. L. C. Allen, Mrs. M. Hutchinson, Mrs. L. E. Green, and 
Mrs. J. E. Barnes. 


Decoration of the graves by Boy Scouts, under the command of Scout Master C. S. 
Brooks. 


NORTHEAST CEMETERY 

Exercises under direction of Nelson J. Booker, Past Commander of Post No. 9,. 
G. A. R., assisted by O. P. Morton % R. Q.„ No. 1, Anna S. Taylor, President. Music 
to be selected. 

Reading of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. ..Ella A. Boston: 

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WOOD LAWN CEMETERY 

Services under the direction of Alexander Mann, of the American Legion 
DECORATING THE STATUES IN THE DISTRICT 
Warren G. Harding Camp, Sons of Veterans, Corbin Birch, Commander, Chairman; 
assisted by Arthur Millmore, Post 284, Veterans of Foreign Wars. 

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OVERSEAS SECTION, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 

Under the direction of Watson B. Miller, Chairman; the American Legion Auxil¬ 
iary, Mrs. R. F. Fawcett, President; the American Women’s Legion, Mrs. W. L Finley 
President, and the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Post No. 284, V. F. W., Margaret L. Finch] 
President, will decorate the graves in the Overseas Section. 


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ST. ELIZABETH CEMETERY 

Memorial services will be held in the St. Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday, May 27,. 
1923, at 2:30 P. M„ under the direction of Charles J. P. Weber, Past Department Com¬ 
mander U. S. W. V., Chairman, assisted by Miles Camp, No. 1, U. S. W. V., Clarence 
A. Belknap, Commander; George A. Wold, S. V. Commander, V. F. W., Frank B. 
Heise, Past Commander East Washington Post, No. 983, V. F. W., and Gardner Post,. 
No. 18, of the American Legion, Walter- Bruce Howe,, Commander. 


PROGRAM 

Selection . Orchestra. 

1. Invocation .Rev. Francis Greenville Ilsley, Chaplain U. S. R. 


2. Introduction of Master of Ceremonies...... Past Dept. Comdr. C. J. P. Weber 

Remarks.... Master of Ceremonies, Harry F. Patterson, Dept. Comdr. U. S. W. V. 

3. Address of Welcome. Dr. Wm. A. White, Supt. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital 

4. Selection by Quartette, 

Mrs. Brown, Miss Stillwell, Geo. Myers, Ambrose Durken 

5. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Comrade James M. Sheridan, U. S. W. V. 


6. Selection . Orchestra 

7. Hosanna.Miss Anna L. Patterson, accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Hyde- 

8. Oration. Hon. Charles E. Winter, Member of Congress from Wyoming 

9. Baritone Solo. Mr. Ambrose Durken 

10. Selection . Orchestra 

11. Poem. Past Dept. Comdr. Samuel H. Jacobson, V. F. W. 

12. Solo.Miss Jeanette E. McCaffrey 

13. Selection by Quartette.... Mrs. Brown, Miss Stillwell, Mr. Myers, Mr. Durken 

14. “Star Spangled Banner”. Orchestra 

15. Benediction. Rev. Francis GrEEnvilE IlslEy, Chaplain U. S. R. 

16. Taps . BugeER 

Memorial Committee 


Past Dept. Comdr. Chas. J. P. Weber, Chairman; Past Comdr. Chris. Hintenach,. 
Comdr. Clarence P. Brower, Past Comdr. Francis Huhn, Past Comdr. Louis E. Felton, 
Past Comdr. Richard L. Lamb, Comdr. Clarence A. Belknap, Com. James M. Sheridan, 
Com. Oscar Felzer, Com. E. M. Eshelman, Com. Harvey N. Knight, Com. Frederick A. 
Dellar. 

Decoration of Graves 

Past Comdr. Chris. Hintenach, Chairman; Com. Frank Parrish, Past Comdr. Fred¬ 
erick Zulch, Ernest Goltz, Claiborne S. Close, G. H. Solbach, R. Culin and L. Seibel; Mr. 
Alfred Godding and Ladies of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Ladies Auxiliary, U. S. W. V.,. 
Frances M. Van Allen, Chairman; Hallie Harknider, Eva Wilson and Frances Antos; 
Lineal Society of Spanish War, Hanna C. Weber, Chairman; Sadie Coulter, Ethel 
Johns, and Annie Garvey. 


U. S. NATIONAL CEMETERY, ALEXANDRIA, VA. 


Wednesday, May 30, 1923, 4 P. M. 

John L. Bateman, Presiding, 

Senior Vice Commander, Wm. B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A. 

1. Assembly . Bugler 

2. Invocation. Rev. E. M. Delaney 


Pastor Second Presbyterian Church, Alexandria, Va. 

3. Music, Selected .. 1..... .. Quartette 

4. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Mrs. J. L. Bateman 

5. Patriotic Song, Selected. ... *i.... Quartette 

6. Address .... Rev. jC. R. Stauffer 

Pastor Ninth Street Christian Church, Washington, D. C. 

7. Patriotic Song, Selected 


8. “America” ..Audience, led by Quartette- 

9. Salute . Firing Squad 

10. Taps ... ;; .y. . .Bugler 

11. Benediction .. Rev. E. M. Delaney 


Music by Quartette, Second Presbyterian Church, Alexandria, Va. ; direction Miss. 
Lucy M. Graves. 

Bugler from Light Infantry, Alexandria, Va. 

Firing Squad, members Light Infantry, Alexandria, Va. 

Superintendent of Cemetery, Thomas E. Tobin. 


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MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR AIRMEN 


To be held on Sunday, May 27, 1923, at 2:30 P. M., on Key Memorial Bridge, 
Georgetown, D. C., under the direction of Mary M. North, Past Department President, 
and Jennie L. Hamilton, Department President, Woman’s Relief Corps, assisted by Isabel 
Worrel Ball, Department Counselor, and other, members of the W. R. C., and members 
of the G. A. R., Daughters and Sons of Veterans, Auxiliaries to Sons of Veterans, and 
-all allied organizations. 

FLOWER BOAT FOR VETERANS LOST AT SEA 

The Department Ladies’ Auxiliary to U. S. W. V., Frances M. Van Allen, Presi¬ 
dent, assisted by Admiral Dewey Naval Auxiliary, Nora Albers, President; Urell Auxil¬ 
iary, Catherine Dintler, President; Pettit Auxiliary, Nellie Gerken, President; Astor 
Auxiliary, Sophia Lewis, President; National Lineal Society Spanish War Veterans, 
Sadie W. Coulter, Supreme Chief Ruler, and Washington Temple, No. 1, Lineal So¬ 
ciety, Hannah Weber, Chief Ruler, accompanied by the Department Officers, U. S. 
W. V., and band, will embark on Steamer Grabus, at Washington Navy Yard Wharf, 
for the purpose of strewing flowers upon the waters of the Potomac, in memory of the 
soldiers, sailors and marines, who. lost their lives at sea. These services will be held on 
Sunday. May 2.7, 1923, at 10:30 A. M. Admiral Dewey Naval Camp, No. 7. John W. 
Kimmerling, Commander, and Admiral Peary Ship, No. 427, V. F. W., Kenneth L. 
Uoontz, Captain, will assist the ladies who are in attendance to perform these services. 


PROGRAM 

"America”.U. S. W. V. Band 

Prayer ... Department Chaplain, U. S. W. V. 

Music, Selected....U. S. W. V. Band 

Remarks..H. F. Patterson, Dept. Com., U. S. W. V. 

Music, Selected.U. S. W. V. Band 

Address... Jas. J. Murphy, Senior Vice Dept. Com., U. S. W. V. 

Music, Selected.U. S. W. V. Band 

Memorial Service. Department oE The A. U. S. W. V. 

Frances M. Van Allen, President 

Musi<\, Selected....U. S. W. V. Band 

Recitation. Mary Darcy, Gen. M. Emmet Urell Auxiliary, U. S. W. V. 

Strewing of flowiers on water 

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Taps. 4...Claiborn S. Close, Dept. Adjt., U. S. W. V. 

Music, 'Selected. ..U. S. W. V. Band 

Master of Ceremonies, Arthur League, Junior Vice Dept. Com., U. S. W. V. 

Comihittee: Commander Kimmerling, Frances M. Van Allen, Nora M. Albers, 
A. J. Kin\mel, Geo. B. Parker, Arthur League. 


COMMITTEE ON MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES 

Department Officers 
Department Commander, John W. Reid. 

Senior Vice Department Commander, Briscoe Goodhart. 
Junior Vice Department Commander, Hosea B. Moulton. 
^Medical Director, Dr. James McKee. 

Jhaplain, Rev. R. E. McBride. 

Assistant Adjutant General, O. H. Oldroyd. 

Assistant Quartermaster General, E. D. Godfrey. 

■Patriotic Instructor, F. J. Young. 


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George E. Corson 
Harrison Dingman 
Jerome B. Burke 
J. M. Pipes 
A. F. Dinsmore 
S. E. Faunce 
John McElroy 


Past Department 
Thos. S. Hopkins 
George H. Slaybaugh 

A. P. Tasker 

B. P. Entrikin 
Newton Ferree 
Henry A. Johnson 
Thos. H. McKee 


L. H. Patterson 
Dr. A. J. Huntoon 
A. H. Frear 
S' G. Mawson 
H. B. Snyder 
Harrison L. Deam 


Commanders 


Past Senior Vice Department Commanders 
Ames F. Medford, J. H. Howlett, Frederic W. Archibald 


Past Junior Vice Department Commanders 
J. H. Jochum, Hazard Wheeler 


Post 

1 

2 

3 

6 

8 

9 

15 

20 


Commanders 
W. F. Small 
John McElroy 
James H. Perkins 
Samuel G. Mawson 
Daniel Knelly 
John P. Quander 
Thomas B. Crisp 
R. H. Cooke 


Representatives 
John Finn 
John Middleton 
Jeremiah Wilt 
Milton J. Hull 
Charles H. Babbitt 
Alexander Oglesby 
James W. Hughes 
Edgar I. Booraem 


Loyal Legion 

Past National Commander, John L. Clem, Maj. Gen., U. S. A., Retired. 


Sons of Veterans 

Senior Vice Division Commander, James W. Lyons. 

Division Secretary, Francis E. Cross. 

Press Correspondent, J. Clinton Hiatt. 

Commander Lincoln Camp, No. 2 , John W. Reynolds. 
Commander Harding Camp, No. 5, Corbin Birch. 

Commander Cushing Camp, No. 30, Frank A. DeGroot. 

Army and Navy Union 

Commander President’s Own Garrison, John F. Mcllree. 
Commander Gen. Guy V. Henry Garrison, James E. Ennis. 

United Spanish Wdr Veterans 

Department Commander, Harry F. Patterson. 

Department Adjutant, Claiborn S. Close. 

Commander Miles Camp, No. 1, Clarence A. Belknap. 
Commander Harden Camp, No. 2, Clarence P. Brower. 
Commander Pettit Camp, No. 3, Adolph Graef. 

Commander Lawton Camp, No. 4, William H. Barstow. 
Commander Astor Camp, No. 6, Dennis F. Cooney. 
Commander Dewey Naval Camp, No. 7, John W. Kimmerling. 
Commander Urell Camp, No. 9, Frederick A. Dellar. 
Commander Sergeant Berry Camp, No. 10, Alexandria Willis. 


Veterans of Poreign H'ars 

Department Commander, Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan. 
Department Adjutant, Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr. 

Commander National Capitol Post, Val N. Brandon. 
Commander Equality Walter Reed Post, Howard E. Chase. 
Commander Admiral Peary Post, Kenneth L. Coontz. 
Commander Federal Post, Fred. C. Lucas. 

Commander Columbia Post, John E. Brooks. 

Commander East Washington Post, J. M. Harrigan. 


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The American Legion 

National Vice Commander, Watson B. Miller. 

Department Commander, John Lewis Smith. 

Department Adjutant, Lew S. Mohler. 

Commander George Washington Post, No. 1, Major T. V. Walker. 

Commander Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, Eunice C. Dessez. 

Commander Belleau Wood Post, No. 3, Violet Van Wagner. 

Commander Robley D. Evans Post, .No. 4, Joseph W. Rajbbitt. 

Commander James Reese Europe Post, No. 5, Earl Pearsons. 

Commander Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, Anne K. Harkins. 

Commander O’Connell Post, No. 7, Davis W. Close. 

Commander Kenneth H. Nash Post, No. 8, Frank Dunnington. 

Commander Lafayette Post, No. 9, H. L. Wilson. 

Commander Stuart Walcott Post, No. 10, Robert P. McCandlish. 

Commander Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, A. S. Imirie. 

Commander Henry C. Spengler Post, No. 12, George L. Tait. 

Commander Sergeant Jasper Post, No. 13, Thomas J. Frailey. 

Commander Vincent Costello Post, No. 15, Dr. Walter F. Sullivan. 

Commander Hiram F. Cash Post, No. 16, Sam. W. Steinmetz. 

Commander Lincoln Post, No. 17, Dr. J. A. Ballard. 

Commander A. P. Gardner Post, No. 18, Walter Bruce Howe. 

Commander Tank Corps Post, No. 19, Frank L. Peckham. 

Commander National Press Club Post, No. 20, Edw. B. Clark. 

Commander Walter Reed Hospital Post, No. 21, Paul Foot. 

Commander Cooley-McCullough Post, No. 22, Robt. M. Zacharias. 

Commander Bureau Engraving and Printing Post, No. 23, Francis F. Miller. 
Commander 312th Machine Gun Battalion Post, No. 24. 

Commander Geo. -JL Kjlleen Post, No. 25, Thomas F. Probey. 

Commander JamesvE. Walker Post, No. 26, West A. Hamilton. 

Commander Edward D. White Post, No. 27, Joseph J. Idler. 

Commander Carry On Post, No. 28, Clarence M. Jones. 

Press and Invitation. 

John McElroy, Chairman; William L. Mattocks, J. Clinton Hiatt, Watson B. Miller, 
John Lewis Smith, Gen. Anton Stephan. 

Reception 

Henry A. Johnson, Chairman; H. B. Snyder, Frank J. Young, Major T. V. Walker, 
George H. Slaybaugh, James A. Drain, C. O. Howard, John L. Clem, Harrv F. Pat¬ 
terson, George L. Tait, Col. E. Lester Jones. 

Flowers 

Adolph J. Schippert, Chairman; Harrison L. Deam, Dr. A. J. Huntoon, Clarence 
P. Brower, George A. Home, O. A. C. Oehmler. 


Music. 

A. P. Tasker, Chairman; A. H. Frear, Dr. James McKee, Newton Ferree, B. P. 
Entrikm, S. E. Faunce, James W. Lyons, Dr. Adelbert A. Taylor, O. A. C. Oehmler 
Lemuel Warner, Henry Loveless, National Bugler. 

T ransportation 

F. W. Archibald, Chairman; Jeremiah Wilt, Irvin Taylor, Arthur H. League 
Claiborn S. Close, Joseph J. Stein, A. S. Imirie, Sam. W. Steinmetz, William G 
Jonnieson, William F. Franklin. 


Finance 

B. P. Entrikin, Chairman; A. J. Kimmel, Vice Chairman; O. H. Oldroyd, Secre¬ 
tary; E. D. Godfrey, Treasurer; John McElroy, Samuel G. Mawson, John T Ryan 
Harry F. Patterson, Alvin D. Hathaway, Joseph J. Stein, Watson B. Miller Tohn L 
Dateman, John Lewis Smith, James A. Drain, Charles W. McCaffrey, John Finn 
Abram Myers, H. T. Dunbar, William F. Franklin. 

Auditing 

Robert Armour, Chairman; Convis Parker, John Middleton, Charles H. Babbitt 
Fred A. Livingstone. 

Decorations and Grounds. 

Robert R. Dye, Superintendent Arlington Cemetery, Chairman; Archibald Burgess 
H. T. Dunbar, John M. Young, John T. Ryan, William A. Rolff. 

A detachment of 175 Boy Scouts will place flags on graves in Arlington Cemeterv 
on May 28 and 29, 1923. y 


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Star Spangled Banner 



Oh! say, can you see by the dawn’s early light 
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming;— 
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, 
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! 
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, 

Gave proof through the night that pur flag was still there; 

Oh! say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave 
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 

Oh! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand 

Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation, 

Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land 
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. 
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, 

And this be our motto—“In God is our trust”— 

And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave 
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 


Tenting on the Old Camp Ground 

We’re tenting tonight on the old camp-ground; 

Give us a song to cheer 
Our weary hearts—a song of home 
And friends we love so dear! 

Chorus: 

Many are the hearts that are weary tonight, 
Wishing for the war to cease; 

Many are the hearts looking for the right, 

To see the dawn of peace. 

Tenting tonight, tenting tonight, 

Tenting on the old camp-ground. 

We’ve been tenting tonight on the old camp-ground, 
Thinking of days gone by; 

Of the loved ones at home, that gave us the hand, 
And the tear that said Good-bye! 

Chorus: 


America 


My country, ’tis of thee, 
Sweet land of liberty, 


Our father’s God, to thee, 
Author of liberty, 


Of thee I sing; 

Land where my fathers died, 
Land of the pilgrim’s pride, 
From every mountain side 


To thee I sing; 

Long may our land be bright 
With freedom’s holy light; 
Protect us by thy might, 


Let freedom ring! 


Great God our King. 


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The following is a copy of General Orders No. 11, issued by Commander-in-Chief 
John A. Logan, May 5, 1868, which by action of the Forty-fifth National Encampment., 
is required to be read as a part of the public exercises on each Memorial Day in addition) 
to Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. 

Headquarters Grand Army oe the 
Republic 

Washington, D. C., May 5, 1868. 

General Orders , No. 11. 

I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is desig¬ 
nated for the purpose of strewing with 
flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves 
of comrades who died in defense of their 
country during the late rebellion, and whose 
bodies now lie in almost every city, village 
and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this 
observance no form or ceremony is pre¬ 
scribed, but Posts and comrades will, in their 
own way, arrange such fitting services and 
testimonials of respect as cftcumstances may 
permit. 

We are organized, Comrades, as our Reg¬ 
ulations tell us, for the purpose among other 
things, “of preserving and strengthening 
those kind and fraternal feelings which have 
bound together the soldiers, sailors and 
marines who united to suppress the late re 
bellion.” What can aid more to assure this 
result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead who made their breasts 
a barricade between our country and its foes? Their soldier lives were the reveille of 
freedom to a race in chains and their deaths a tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We 
should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and: 
taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the 
memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed, 
ground. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond 
mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the 
present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a 
free and undivided republic. 

If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn- 
trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain in us. 

Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains, and garland 1 
the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise 
above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence- 
renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left.among us a sacred charge- 
upon the Nation’s gratitude—the soldier’s and sailor's widow and orphan. 

II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with< 
the hope that it will be kept up from year to year, while a survivor of the war remains 
to honor the memory of his departed comrades. He earnestly desires the public press to 
call attention to this Order, and lend its friendly aid in bringing it to the notice of com¬ 
rades in all parts of the country in time for simultaneous compliance therewith. 

III. Department commanders will use every effort to make this Order effective. 

By Command of 

N. P. CHIPMAN, JOHN A. LOGAN, 

Adjutant-General Commander-in-Chief^ 



MAJ. GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN 


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